crater

1. A bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser.

2. A bowl-shaped depression in a surface made by an explosion or the impact of a body, such as a meteoroid.

3. A pit; a hollow.

4. Variant of krater.

5. The bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano.

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1. To exhibit or form.

2. To fail or fall suddenly and dramatically.

3. To form craters in.

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1. Slang To fail utterly: "talked about how tough times were in Texas since the oil business cratered” ( Stephen Coonts).

2. Slang To fall and crash violently from a great height.

3. To form a crater or craters.

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1. To make craters in: "The missiles did not . . . crater the airfield” ( Tom Clancy).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
crater	8	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ar	2
er	2
et	2
ae	2
re	2
ta	2
te	2
at	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
tae	3
tar	3
ret	3
rec	5
rat	3
tea	3
eta	3
err	3
tec	5
eat	3
ear	3
era	3
cat	5
art	3
ate	3
are	3
arc	5
act	5
ace	5
car	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cart	6
tear	4
tare	4
tace	6
rear	4
rate	4
rare	4
race	6
acre	6
cert	6
care	6
carr	6
cate	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
crate	7
tarre	5
terra	5
trace	7
recta	7
react	7
rater	5
racer	7
carer	7
caret	7
carte	7
cater	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
crater	8
carter	8
tracer	8